U.S. Goes on Offense to Fight Growing Threat of Cyber Attacks June 30, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Alyza Sebenius For the last several years, FBI agents debated turning the tables on hackers by remotely accessing breached computer networks and...
FBI Chief Wray Warns Cyber-Attacked Firms Not to Pay Ransoms June 11, 2021 By Chris Strohm and Alyza Sebenius Companies and organizations that are victims of ransomware attacks shouldn’t pay hackers to unlock their data and should quickly contact...
FBI Recovers Most of Bitcoin Ransom Paid by Colonial Pipeline June 8, 2021 By Chris Strohm and Alyza Sebenius The U.S. recovered almost all the Bitcoin ransom paid to the perpetrators of the cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline Co....
Biden Signs Executive Order on Cyber Information Sharing, Safety Practices May 13, 2021 By Alyza Sebenius and Jennifer Jacobs President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity by improving information sharing about attacks...
Chinese Military Reported to Be Behind Japan Cyber Attacks April 21, 2021 By Isabel Reynolds and Alyza Sebenius China’s military is thought to have instructed a hacker group to conduct cyber attacks on nearly 200 Japanese research institutions...
Homeland Security Orders Cyber ‘Sprints’ as Part of U.S. Plan Against Hacks April 1, 2021 By Alyza Sebenius and Shaun Courtney The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is undertaking a series of “sprints” to enhance American cybersecurity in the wake of...
Massive SolarWinds Hack Prompts Calls for U.S. Law Requiring Cyber Breach Reporting February 24, 2021 By Rebecca Kern and Alyza Sebenius A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday recommended that the U.S. consider requiring companies to disclose when they have been...
SolarWinds Attackers Focused on Cyber and Tech Firms January 29, 2021 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Alyza Sebenius Whether it was opportunity, strategy or sheer chutzpah, the suspected Russian hackers behind a massive cyber-attack revealed last month focused...
Russia-Based Hackers Plan New Wave of Attacks Against U.S. Hospitals: Security Firm November 2, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius, William Turton and Michael Riley A Russia-based ransomware group responsible for a new wave of attacks against U.S. hospitals is laying the groundwork to cripple...
Russia-Backed Hackers Behind Most Nation-State Cyber Attacks: Microsoft October 2, 2020 By Alyza Sebenius Russia-based hackers are responsible for the majority of nation-state attacks on Microsoft customers, according to new data from company. Microsoft...